The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-28
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

Trees in Monroe County.
GEORGIA
Bryan Superior Court convenes next Mon
day.
Liberty Superior Court will convene on
Monday, May l6.
The adjourned term of Rockdale Superior
Court convenes next Monday.
Judge William F. Wright of Atlanta,
died at Alexandria, Va, Tuesday.
An escaped convict was seen on the Heard
place below ElbortOn on Monday. He car
ried his bali and chain, only the chain was
broken
An uncle of Willis Moore, Mrs. John
O'Rear and Mrs. j. w. Washington, OF
Butts county, has recently died intestate,
leaving an estate of $4,000.
The recent rains at Americas have done
the vegetation great good. Everyone feels
the effect OF it in better prospects of good
crop year. Oats are heading and the rains
were badly needed to save the crop.
A few days ago Jack Loften, living in the
upper part of Butts county, received infOr-
nation of the death of his father in Bossia
parish. La, leaving an estate worth some
thing like 500, coo There are but two
heirs, and cool $50, 900 apiece would help
them wonderfully,
One of the stations out on the eastern
railroad extension from Americas has been
named DeSoto. fror1 the fact that tradition
tells us that the famed explorer of that
name camped on the Identical spot upon
which the town is to be located on his
memorable march through Sumter county
In 1910.
The assessors of South Rome have gotten
through with their work of assessing the
property in that suburb. The real estate
valuation is found to be SIG. 065, an increase
of SOL $50 over last year, it being in 1886
$ll43i5. There are elghty-five or ninety
more street taxpayers in South Rome than
there were last year.
-. Friday nights rain in Floyd county raised
The rivers somewhat. The middle span of
the false works of the Rome and Decatur
railroad bridge was knocked out by drift
wood and some of the iron was thrown into
the water. The damage is but slight and
will only occasion a short delay. The exca-
walton for the work for the Broad street
bridge caved in some, but it is impossible to
just now say what is the damage.
Last Sunday at the Oconee street church
at Athens, Mr.. Owens, the pastor, discov-
cred that seven leading church members,
ranged on a seat in front of the pulpit, We're
all sound asleep, one of them being a
preacher himself Mr.. Owens naturally
grew indignant and administered a severe
rebuke to the slumberers, saying that he
the gospel to congregation of skeletons as
TO such inattentive hearers.
Saturday morning Ebert Crowder
scolored), living about three miles from
Forsyth, went out early to fell tree which
resulted fatally to him. The surroundings
showed that the first tree cut in falling
lodged against another tree, that he pro-
ceeded to cut the second and that both
lodged against third tree, and that in their
falling he was struck by the firsttree (which
was across his leg when found, and had his
skull split open from the temple diagonally
across the Uranium for three or more
inches, causing the brain to protrude
When sent for to go to his breakfast he was
found in that condition and speeches., and
SO remained. Precisely how the fatal acct
dent occurred could not be known, as no
one was present but himself. He died about
q O'Clock i'll the afternoon.
Memorial day was observed at Americas
much as in former years The citizens
gathered at the cemetery, where procession
of little girls was formed under the super
vision of Misses Halle Leamow and Grace
Hancock. Each. bore wreath of flowers
which were deposited on the graves as the
little procession filed in and out among the
). bead stones. 1t was q pretty sight. The
9'sWide Awake" band played appropriate
music during the ceremony. Rev. DR.. Haw-
thorn, of Atlanta, had been invited to de-
liver the address, but did not respond to the
request. A poem was recited by little Miss
Belle Hill with fine effect. A letter was
read from Superintendent Bryant, of the
National cemetery at Andersonville, tender
ing some flowers gathered from the graves
OF Union soldiers which he wished to have
placed on the graves of the Confederate
dead This was done by the ladies.
Sandersville Progress: One of the richest
scenes was enacted yesterday that has ever
occurred in Sandersville in the way of bust
ness. A certain prominent firm of lawyers
controlled executions against certain clever
citizen who owned no property upon which
levy could be made. A few days since,
however, a number of boxes and packages,
variously valued at from So to $40 arrived
here by express, addressed to the aforesaid
citizen The astute lawyers levied an at
tachment, and yesterday the packages were
offered for sale at public cutlery. The Junior
of the firm managed the sale, and in his ex-
ceeding aversion to taking advantage of pur-
chaSers, he had the packages opened A box
valued at IS contained piece of plank, a
SIS box when opened disclosed empty .oys-
ter cans and brickbats, and finally the
largest, valued at $40, was opened and the
eager crowd of spectators beheld within an
empty keg and bottles, and a note running
thusly: Dear - We will ship you nine
teen more boxes during the week. Hope
''ANs ASsN1'S SACb5h W oetolsLJ tit az
tachment. Yours, etc, -.m The express
charges on the shipment was So 40, the net
proceeds of the sale there being few bot
ties OF some patent medicine and half
Aoxen meat choppers in the lot was 76c.
The issue arising from the fact that an in
junction of Hancock county prevents the
washington officials from collecting the
t4xes Oh land lying in Washington county,
near the Ia. grows more interesting The
Middle Georgia Progress, in telling edi-
torial Of sonae length, in which it also advo-
Gates an appeal 10 the Supreme Court, saws -:
1.-THE crying injustice of Hancock collecting
since 1874 about $3.50 annually of tax which
properly belongs TO Washington, demands
immediate and prompt attention Wash
ington works the roads, supports the pau
pers and pays the expense of prosecuting
the criminals on this land, and by all that
Is right reasonable and just, she should have
the benefit of the tax as a partial offset :"
This last phase which the issue has assumed
arises from the fact that motion in the re
cent sitting of the Hancock Superior Court
10 dissolve the injunction failed TO prevail
In the Senate, during the session of 1851
the passage of an amendment was attempted
which would render the construction of the
existiDg statute relevant 30 il unmistallable,
which was opposed by Senator NOW eA-
GovernOi1 Mcdaniel, on the ground that the
statute was nmplV rlpar ANIL further. 1,Y.ta